The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-11-12

There is an August Spies at Me-
nominee, but he Is no anarchist.
The literary people Of Morenci
have organized Shakespeare club.
~-.R. +. Latimer, q well-known drug
gist Of Jackson, died Friday night.
xk Clarence Elliott, OF Napoleon. this
season raised 1000 bushels of onions.
"A dramatic club has been organ
lied BY the young people OF Mecosta.
a farmer near Middleton has
yoke OF oxen which be drives TO har-
ness.
Many Albion farmers are prepar-
ing to engage extensively In celery
raising.
There is now strong odor of gas
at the Jackson well, which Is down p
200 feet
"A. III. Farnham, OF Edmore, har-
vested 600 bushels Of potatoes from
four acres.
The Grand Rapids School Furni-
ture Company Is running twenty-five
hours day.
There is some talk at Lansing of
requesting ladies TO remove their hats
at the theatre.
jackson VOORHEES,, a prominent
and respected citizen of Pontiac, died
Tuesday morning.
Battle Creeks new directory, just
out, gives that place population of
over fourteen thousand.
Thomas III. Terry, ex-United
States consul at Santiago. died at Ben
ton Harbor Friday, aged 68 years.
The female philanthropists at
Muskegon are preparing plans for
the erection of home for the friend
less.
About fifty tons Of celery are
shipped daily from Kalamazoo by ex-
press and five carloads a week by
freight.
--B. G. Potter has been appointed
deputy state oil inspector at Grand
Rapids to succeed j. l.. Hamilton, who
resigned.
"A large force Of men is engaged
In putting up the new depot and
putting down the side-tracks at south
Grand Rapids.
"A site for the new courthouse Of
Kent county has been purchased In the
centre of Grand Rapids. The price
paid was $4,000.
The Manistee Lumber Company's
upper mill burned Friday night with
100000 feet OF lumber. Loss $780,
600, with small insurance.
Attorney General Taggart has de-
cided that the members of County
Board OF School Examiners elected
this year went out of oflicewhen the
new law took effect.
The Michigan & Ohio Coal &
Lumber Company of Adrian, capital
$4,000, whose yards and mills are at
Tecumseh, have assigned; liabilities
about $4,000; assets same.
The first mortgage of the Toledo
& Ann Arbor II. r. was filed in the
registers Office Of Osceola county, Oct.
IA, 1887. Amount $l,260,000 thirty
year gold bonds bearing six per cent
Superintendent Smith, of the
Grand Rapids police, has ordered
his men TO practice pistol shoot
ing, and n target has been put up in
the cellar at headquarters for that
purpose.
The nineteenth semi.annual con-
vention Of the Shiawasse County Sun
day school Association will be held at
Byron, commencing Monday, oct. 81,
and continuing Tuesday and Wednes-
day following.
--E. G. Huntley, of Stanton, thinks
he can beat the radish record. He
has one which weighs fourteen pounds
eight ounces and is twenty-five inches
long and thirty-two and half inches
In circumference.
"A st. Ignace man rushed the sea-
son one day last week. He hitched
his horse up 90 the cutter and went
sleigh-riding There wasn't any snow,
but he thought 1t was cold enough,
that's why he did It.
The State Board of fund commits
sioners have been authorized 20 pur-
chase Michigan war bonds, IL obtaina-
BILE at "a reasonable premium, with the |
surplus in the State treasury; also TO
buy government bonds when deemed |
advisable.
Fanny Newman, of Kalamazoo,
brought suit for Islander against |